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Explore key resources to help you recognize how racism is created and maintained within systems and how it affects different racialized communities. This section of the Anti‑Racism Primer offers clear tools and examples to support your understanding and awareness as part of ongoing anti‑racism learning and action.
Getting Started
Please review the following resources to help you identify the ways racism can be produced through systems, as well as how racism may impact different racialized groups differently:
- Types & Forms of Racism
- Examples of racial discrimination fact sheet
- Racial Equity Tools Glossary
Resources
Types of Racism
Racism is an everyday occurrence that is complex and rooted in a history of colonization of exploitation and othering of racialized peoples.
To address and eliminate racist ideologies, behaviours, practices and policies, we must first gain a deeper understanding of what racism is, the different types of racism and how it operates and is maintained and sustained in our society.
Examples of racial discrimination fact sheet
This fact sheet from the Ontario Human Rights Commission helps explain examples of racial discrimination including prejudice and overt bias, stereotyping, racial profiling, and subtle forms of racial discrimination.
Racial Equity Tools Glossary
This extensive glossary helps to "achieve some degree of shared understanding, particularly when using the most common tools."1
1 Racial equity tools
Racial healing, self-care, and restoration tips
40 Self-Care Techniques
Self-care is an important thing that is often overlooked in modern society. Take some time out for yourself and experiment with these 40 techniques that will lead to rejuvenation and restoration.